Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Specialized Government Building

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, these buildings are where administrative officials are located, and must be distinct from the ruler's palace. they may be used for document storage, registration offices, minting money, etc. defense structures also are not coded here (see military). state-owned/operated workshop should also not be coded here. (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
specialized_government_building	The absence or presence of specialized government building for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Specialized Government Building	Description	Edit
131	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None
132	(Neo-Assyrian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed. [-911, -612]	present	None
133	(Deccan - Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	unknown	None
134	(Early A'chik)	Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed. [1775, 1867]	absent	None
135	(Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic is assumed. [-9000, -5501]	absent	None
136	(Ur - Dynasty III)	Full Year Range of Ur - Dynasty III is assumed. [-2112, -2004]	present	None
137	(Achaemenid Empire)	Full Year Range of Achaemenid Empire is assumed. [-550, -331]	present	None
138	(Hoysala Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hoysala Kingdom is assumed. [1108, 1346]	unknown	None
139	(Kadamba Empire)	Full Year Range of Kadamba Empire is assumed. [345, 550]	unknown	None
140	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	present	None

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